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CAN THE ACADEMY BOYS REALLY CUT IT AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL?

CLIVE MARTIN @THUGCLIVE

For Chelsea, the big question this season is one that has been echoing around the forums, threads and phone-ins for some time. Now, in 2019-20, we may finally get an answer either way.

Successive managers have found excuses to kick the can down the road, blaming top-down pressure to play it safe in the quest for results. They put all of their chips on experience, assured that Eden Hazard or a set-piece would earn the Blues a result. But with Hazard having departed to Real Madrid and the London club’s hand

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